The Most Important Games for a conference are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Eastern conference games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
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|---|---|---|
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| Wizards (14‑37) |
Heat (27‑26) |
66 |
| Magic (27‑24) |
Bucks (21‑29) |
63 |
| Hornets (25‑28) |
Pistons (38‑13) |
55 |
| Celtics (34‑18) |
Knicks (33‑19) |
50 |
| Trail Blazers (25‑28) |
Sixers (30‑22) |
47 |
| Raptors (31‑22) |
Pacers (13‑39) |
46 |
| Nuggets (34‑19) |
Cavaliers (32‑21) |
37 |
| Nets (14‑37) |
Bulls (24‑29) |
32 |